WE had the same situation at our hospital - they need to make money to pay for the Lc's time and the room. We offer a free group for the first 8 weeks(called Mother Care) and a follow up group for babies over 10 weeks. The older group(called Family Care) pays a fee of $7 for a one time drop in, or they can buy a monthly pass or 3 month pass for a discounted rate. ($5-6per session). Many moms get started in the free group and then stay on for the friendships formed and the topics covered do change. It is a very popular group, and moms don't mind paying the fee. Peg Merrill, IBCLC Balitmore *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html